Fountain-brush.



' c. H. REDERSON.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH APPLIOATION FILED DEO.30, 1910.

Patented M21912.

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Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN H. Fannie-- UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN H. PEDERSON, or EAU oLAinE, WISCONSIN.

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' I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filedDecember-.30, 1910. Serial No. 600,166.

SON, a subject of the King of Norway, residing at Eau Claire, in the county of Eau Claire and State of Wisconsin, have invented anew and useful Fountain-Brush, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide in a simple, mer'chantable and inexpensive form, a receptacle adapted to contain shoe blacking and like plastic substances, the receptacle being so constituted that it may contain a 'dauberwhereby the contents of the receptacle may be applied to the desired surfacef Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for efiecting a closure of the receptacle, and to provide novel means for expanding the dauber and holding the same in place.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed Without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section; Fig. 3 is a fragmental longitudinal section enlarged from Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line AB of Fig. 3.

' In carrying out the invention a top 1 is provided, the same including a flat portion 2, having a central opening 3, surroundedby an outstanding funnel shaped outlet 4, cleft longitudinally as at 25 -to define a plu' rality of tongues 26. Secured to the top 1 is a sleeve 6, the top 1 beyond the sleeve 6 being sloped as shown at 5. The elements above' specifiedconstitute the neck portion of the device.

The invention further includes a com-.

pressible receptacle 7, ordinarily a tubeof tinfoil, rubber, or other yieldable material. The open end'of this receptacle 7 is secured in any desiredmanner to the sloping portion5 of the-top 1. f

Adauber, denoted generally by the numeral 8, is adapted to be inserted into the sleeve 6. This dauber 8 is fashionedinto spiral form, and then inserted mto the sleeve 6, the spiral construction of the dauber be ng clearly indicated at 9. A plug 10 is adapted to be inserted into the dauber 8 in the axis thereof. At its inner end, the plug 10=is tapered as denoted by the numeral 11, the tapered portion being adapted to register with the smaller end of the funnel shaped outlet 4, and to bend the ends of the tongues 26 outwardly as. at 27, to engage the dauber 8, thereby holding the dauber in the sleeve 6. The invention further includes a cap 12, adapted to cover the dauber 8 and theexposed endtof the plug 10, this cap 12 being threaded upon the sleeve 6, as denoted by the numeral 14. The threads on the sleeve 6 will cooperate with the ends 27 of the tongues 26 in holding the dauber 8 in place after the plug 10 is removed. The

dauber may be made of any desired material and of any shape. I i

. The plug 10 is employed ordinarily only in the manufacture of the device, and While the same is being shipped. After the device is in the hands of the customer, the plug 10 may be removed, and by compressing the receptacle 7 the contents thereof may be forced outwardly through the axial opening in the dauber 8, whereupon the contents of the receptacle may be spread about upon the shoe or other surface, by means of the dauber.

It isto be noted that when the dauber 8 is partially inserted into thesleeve 6, the plug 10 being inserted into the dauber, the cap 12 may be threaded upon the sleeve 6.

Patented Oct. 22,1912.

will be forced inwardly, the dauber engaging at its inner end, the funnel shaped outlet 4. The funnel shaped outlet 4 will serve to expand the dauber, and to force the same into contact with the sleeve 6, thus holding the dauber in place. Moreover, the rotation of the cap 12 will serve to advance the plug 10 into the dauber, thus bending the tongues 26, as at 27 and also expanding the dauber. The plug 10 thus cooperates with the funnel shaped outlet 4 in expanding the dauber, causing the same to engage firmly with the inner surface of the sleeve 6. Moreover, when the cap 12 is brought into place, the tapered end 11 of the plug.w'ill be seated in the smaller end. of the funnel" shapedou'tlet 4. Thus, in a single opera,- tion, the dauber 8 will be seated in place within the sleeve 6, the dauber will be ex v pended, and the ends 27 of the tongues 26 will be 'bent outwardly to engage the dauber 8.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1 A receptacle including a top having a tubular sleeve, there being an opening through the top,'within the contour of the sleeve, the top being provided, about the periphery of the opening, with a plurality of spring tongues 'disposed in conical form and having their free ends outwardly inclined, toward the sleeve; a dauber peripherally inclosed by the sleeve, the dauber inclosingthe tongues, and the inclined ends of the tongues being engaged in the dauber;

and a plug mounted in the dauber, the plug having a tapered end inserted between the CHRISTIAN H. PEDERSQNY Witnesses GEORGE Voss, ANNA Voss. 

